Chapter 1737

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“Do you actually want your spine fixed or not?”

Claire ignored his question and fired one back.

Lucas couldn’t possibly say he didn’t want to get better and stand again.

He forced out the words. “I do.”

Nobody wanted to live like a pathetic dog.

During the time he had been bedridden, he had endured far too much mockery.

The Charles family descendants were already fractured. As the favored grandson, many of his siblings, aunts, and uncles envied him deeply.

Lucas knew perfectly well that most of them were praying for his death.

The more they wanted him dead, the more determined he was to live and thrive, just to spite them!

“Dr. Claire, whatever treatment you have, no matter what it is, I will push through it!”

“To stand again, I’ll pay any price!”

After returning to Solenia, Claire and Tandy didn’t bother hiding their identities anymore.

Although they hadn’t formally introduced themselves to Lucas, he had heard others addressing them.

Besides, even if no one mentioned it, the government contacts must have explained everything clearly to his grandfather.

Whatever the Patriarch thought, he had to grit his teeth and accept it for now.

After all, they had his precious grandson.

“As long as you’re committed.”

Claire and Tandy already had seamless teamwork, but preparing for Lucas’s surgery would take a few days.

A patient’s willingness was one thing, but getting all the specialized medications ready was another.

Claire never fought a battle she wasn’t sure she could win.

So, she preferred to delay the surgery and focus on conditioning Lucas’s body first.

“Your prolonged fasting has caused severe malnutrition. We’ll spend three months nursing you back to health, and then we’ll review your vitals.”

“Once your stats are stable, we’ll proceed with the surgery.”

Claire laid out the plan plainly.

“This can’t be rushed. Do you understand?”

Lucas had already waited three agonizing years; what was another three months?

“If you recover well, it might not even take three months. Two could be enough.”

“It entirely depends on your body’s ability to heal.”

“If you’re really impatient, we can operate immediately, but the risk of failure increases by at least ten percent.”

Lucas quickly shook his head. “I’m not in

I’ve never been to.

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This was the capital of Solenia. He wanted to see just how prosperous the city really

was.

Even though his grandfather always

gritted his teeth when mentioning Solenia claiming he had fled the

country like a beaten stray dog, Lucas could still hear the lingering attachment in the old man’s voice.

It was like a child kicked out of the house by a strict mother—resentful, but deeply nostalgic.

Claire didn’t care about any of that.

“Your situation is highly sensitive. Going outside requires approval from the higher- ups, which is out of my hands.”

Privately, Claire knew his request was nearly impossible to grant.

They had promised to guarantee his safety.

Inside the military hospital, no one would dare try to assassinate him.

But wandering the streets was a completely different story.

If some reckless hitman sneaked into the country and successfully took him out,

how would they explain it to Mr. Charles?

Were they supposed to find him a replacement grandson?

“Oh.” Hearing that, Lucas immediately dropped the subject.

He knew this was Solenia, not The Zen Marches.

Even if he called his grandfather to complain, the old man couldn’t dictate terms here.

He’d probably just get scolded instead.

Since Lucas went quiet, Claire didn’t elaborate further. She had already made the medical facts perfectly clear.

Today, she still needed to check on another patient: Silas Carl.

Even though Silas’s post-op care was fully managed by the military hospital and closely monitored b Tandy, she wanted to see the results for herself.

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